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As the semester begins to draw to a close, your library can be a great research resource for those school projects and papers looming on the horizon! In addition to the great new online learning tools we added to our website this fall, we also want to remind you of our older-but-no-less awesome tools. For example, if you’re a high school or college student, did you know you can research your papers anytime, anywhere with Salem Press Online?

Salem Press Online provides full 24/7 online access to its high quality reference works — search through the databases to access information about milestone documents, great lives and great works, as well as medical treatments and health conditions. (Professor prefers print? Non-circulating print versions of these works can be found in our reference collection during regular library hours).

To access Salem Press Online, visit our website, bristollib.com. Or click the icons shown below. If you are outside the library, you will need to sign in with your valid 14-digit Bristol library card number. Simply click the “remote access” button at the bottom of the Salem Press “Welcome” page, as shown below:
Then enter you library card in the blank:
What’s available to Bristol patrons through Salem Press Online? Lots!

We’re pleased to announce we have expanded our current online research and services collection with the recent addition of Recorded Books’ Signing Savvy, Transparent Languages Online, and Universal Class! These services are now available to card-holding Bristol residents through the library’s website. (Some of you may remember Universal Class from the public trial we held in January).

Signing Savvy is an online American Sign Language resource providing access to a constantly expanding dictionary of thousands of high-resolution videos of common signs and finger-spelled words and phrases. Other features include sign descriptions, memory aids, full screen videos, printable signs, flash cards and quizzes, word list sharing, a phrase builder, social networking, and a mobile app.

Transparent Languages Online gives web access to learn more than eighty different languages. This program uses a guided learning experience to give a good start to each learner and exposes learners to the language through classic learning exercises, games, and cultural and social connections.

Universal Class offers over five hundred online continuing education courses taught by real instructors with continuous remote access allowing learners to study on their own schedule. Assignments are graded by certified instructors. Feedback and discussion with other students and instructors is conducted via email or chat.

These services are accessible at the library, through a home computer, and/or smartphone applications with a valid Bristol library card. To access them, visit bristollib.com and select your service of choice. If outside the library, you will be prompted to enter your library card for verification before creating a username and password.

For more information regarding online services, please contact Reference at 860-584-7787 x2017. We’re very excited to offer these services to our patrons and want you to have the best experience possible with them!